Better to be a nettle in the side of your friend than his echo.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Friendship Quotes, Love Quotes

Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.

Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.

The art of getting rich consists not in industry, much less in saving, but in...

The art of getting rich consists not in industry, much less in saving, but in...

All mankind love a lover.

All mankind love a lover.

Great hearts steadily send forth the secret forces that incessantly draw great events.

Great hearts steadily send forth the secret forces that incessantly draw great events.

We love force and we care very little how it is exhibited

We love force and we care very little how it is exhibited

We ascribe beauty to that which is simple; which has no superfluous parts; which exactly...

We ascribe beauty to that which is simple; which has no superfluous parts; which exactly...

Never self-possessed, or prudent, love is all abandonment.

Never self-possessed, or prudent, love is all abandonment.

Every man has his own courage, and is betrayed because he seeks in himself the...

Every man has his own courage, and is betrayed because he seeks in himself the...

The method of nature: who could ever analyze it?

The method of nature: who could ever analyze it?

Public opinion, I am sorry to say, will bear a great deal of nonsense. There...

Public opinion, I am sorry to say, will bear a great deal of nonsense. There...

Every experiment, by multitudes or by individuals, that has a sensual and selfish aim, will...

Every experiment, by multitudes or by individuals, that has a sensual and selfish aim, will...

So of cheerfulness, or a good temper, the more it is spent, the more it...

So of cheerfulness, or a good temper, the more it is spent, the more it...

Make yourself necessary to somebody.

Make yourself necessary to somebody.

We change, whether we like it or not.

We change, whether we like it or not.

Books are the best of things if well used; if abused, among the worst. They...

Books are the best of things if well used; if abused, among the worst. They...

Always do what you are afraid to do.

Always do what you are afraid to do.

Speech is power: speech is to persuade, to convert, to compel. It is to bring...

Speech is power: speech is to persuade, to convert, to compel. It is to bring...

All promise outruns performance.

All promise outruns performance.

If you deny yourself commitment, what can you do with your life?

If you deny yourself commitment, what can you do with your life?

Promises are like the full moon, if they are not kept at once they diminish...

Promises are like the full moon, if they are not kept at once they diminish...